Consultant in Paediatric Critical Care Transport

Job overview

This post provides consultant cover to the Paediatric Critical Care Transport service (CoMET). Details of the breakdown between these two areas is described below.

• Maintenance of the highest clinical standards in the management of patients referred to CoMET and support for those managing children requiring critical care interventions elsewhere in the hospital and throughout the region
• Take part in multidisciplinary case conferences.
• Supervise and train junior medical staff
• To be involved in appraising and assessing juniors.
• Teaching, research and administration.
• To proactively develop the service.
• To actively participate in both departmental and Trust matters concerning clinical governance and audit.

Main duties of the job

The overriding purpose is to support the provision of highest quality patient care through personal actions and continuous improvement.

• Responsibility for the core consultant activity of day-to-day running and leadership of the clinical activities in the paediatric critical care transport services.
• Cover consultant colleagues for absences caused by late night clinical activities or when out on retrieval.
• Participate in audit activities in the directorate relevant to critical care transport.
• These are a continued availability to provide advice or undertake retrievals if required when on for CoMET.
• Cover consultant colleagues for absences caused by late night clinical activities or when out on retrieval.
• Participate in audit activities in the directorate relevant to critical care transport.
• Professional supervision and management of junior medical staff including the observance of local employment and human resource policies and procedures;
• The post-holder will be required to maintain their continuing professional development (CPD) to be able to successfully revalidate. As per the Trust requirement the successful candidate will be required to have annual appraisal and attend / keep fully up to date with statutory and mandatory training as stipulated.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

• Assume clinical accountability for the transport service during duty hours. Maintain up-to-date knowledge of equipment, operational policies, and staffing levels/competencies. Coordinate and facilitate urgent conference calls for patients requiring high-priority transfer. Provide initial clinical advice and organise discussions between the referring clinician, the designated accepting consultant, and other specialists as needed. Triage incoming calls to determine the appropriate transport team composition. Offer clinical guidance to the transport team regarding patient management during transfers. Personally undertake transfers, particularly when patient acuity requires consultant-level care. Support training and development of new team members, including supervised transfers. Be involved in appraising and assessing residents. Conduct utilisation reviews to ensure effective resource management Report incidents in line with a just culture approach to safety. Contribute to audit and research initiatives. Adhere to all service policies and protocols. Participate in the management and continuous improvement of the serv Actively participate in both departmental and Trust matters concerning clinical governance and audit. Provide mentoring and support to both medical and nursing staff.